Hadith 59

Sunan Abi Da'ud

Book 21: Funerals (Kitab Al-Jana'iz) Sahih

Chapter 1162

How The Deceased Is To Be Washed

باب كَيْفَ غُسْلُ الْمَيِّتِ

Sahih
Sunan Abi Dawud 3147
حَدَّثَنَا هُدْبَةُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ، حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ، أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَأْخُذُ الْغُسْلَ عَنْ أُمِّ عَطِيَّةَ، يَغْسِلُ بِالسِّدْرِ مَرَّتَيْنِ وَالثَّالِثَةَ بِالْمَاءِ وَالْكَافُورِ ‏.‏
Qatadah:

Muhammad b. Sirin used to learn how to wash the dead from Umm 'Atiyyah: he would was with lotus leaves twice and with water and camphor for the third time.